Garegin Nzhdeh's statue to be placed without sword (video)
Yerevan Municipality’s decision to install a statue to the great Armenian statesman Garegin Nzhdeh near one of the Government buildings in the center of the city has provoke uproar in different circles. Many think that the statue should be placed in the square named after the great political thinker, which is in Shengavit district in Yerevan. Sculptor Levon Tokmajyan, a member of the Artistic Commission of the Yerevan Municipality Council, is concerned about the artistic value of the statue rather than its location. “We went and found the solution in situ; the statue faces the street with its back turned to the square,” he said. The Municipality Council has already approved the decision to place the statue in Kentron administrative district of Yerevan. Initially it was decided that the statue would have a swords in its hand, but now they decided to erect the statue with a folded hand. But Levon Tokmajyan did not like that option. The sculptor says he does not like the statues placed in the country in the last 20 years.
